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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which shut down most of this season and last due to COVID, has been slammed by wildfire smoke as it tries … Continue reading
The entertainment industry’s current predicament could be symbolized by a half glass of water. Planning and preparing amid a minefield of COVID-19 regulation changes and … Continue reading
After 16 months of tiny audience numbers, virtual shows or nothing at all, Eugene-area performance venues are making a comeback. Local theaters and their leaders … Continue reading
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has had a very rough couple of years. Already hurting from the late summer wildfires whose billowing smoke shut down performances … Continue reading
After a year of dark, empty stages, local theaters have at last begun to open again with live shows on the books as we continue … Continue reading
The story of women’s suffrage in Oregon was made for drama. The leading suffragist here, Portland’s Abigail Scott Duniway, spent decades in the late 19th … Continue reading
Eugene’s Very Little Theatre is beginning a $1.5 million renovation next spring, with a $200,000 lead donation from Herb Merker and Marcy Hammock. Designed by … Continue reading
In the theater world, timing is everything, as Bill Rauch certainly knows. The visionary who ran the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for a decade moved to … Continue reading
Rule No. 1: All works must be original. No. 2: No breaking anything, including the law. No. 3: Go over five minutes and the lights … Continue reading
Until recently, the threat of coronavirus still seemed distant. Even with several cases in Oregon, life in Eugene went on as normal. Plays and other … Continue reading